Hebrews 13:4

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Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Marriage

And the bed

General references

Bible References

Marriage

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.

And I went to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Nevertheless, to avoid lewdness, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

If any is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or disorderly.

And the bed

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birth-right.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

For this ye know, that no lewd, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; lewdness, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and lewd men, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loveth and maketh a lie.

General references

And the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

And if any man shall lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days: and all the bed on which he lieth shall be unclean.

Moreover, thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

If a man shall be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou remove evil from Israel.

For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.

Let all your things be done with charity.